Sigler: Choir’s performance of highest quality

Halloween came early to the RiverView Theater as the audience of the Centenary Choir’s “Rhapsody in View” annual concert experienced a total surprise. The Downtown Shreveport Lion’s Club sponsored the event for the 66th time.

This concert was a production of the highest quality of young college voices as we have ever heard (omitting our own choir years)! Just to mention a list of what we observed included originality, perfect pitch, expertly enunciated words from Bach and spreading their theme, “Out of This World.” There was Latin, western, Disney, Scottish, and spiritual accents, humor added to solos, percussions, outstanding accompanists, and great staging. And sharing the stage were the Airline Troubadours directed by former choir member Amy Wakeﬁeld. I could go on, but hopefully you get the picture.

Granted we enjoyed the music and the young voices — but let us make this clear. Dr. David Hobson, director, is to be congratulated for his talent, his boldness, and his expanded imagination with various aspects of all the music. It was indeed “Out of This World.”

Having been members of Dr. Cheesy Voran’s choir in the early ‘50s, we are so thankful that his vision lives on.

— Joanne Sigler

Shreveport

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